Alberta Energy Regulator overhaul a dangerous game
Weaken the regulatory framework at your peril. Sloppy regulation begets sloppy industrial operation. And that drives investment away…
Low-income Canadian families squeezed from both ends
When a dollar earned triggers higher taxes and simultaneously reduces benefits, what’s left to spend or save?…
Federal student job program puts Alberta at the back of the class
Study finds no link between the circumstances in the local economy, student unemployment and the level of subsidies handed out. So is it all political?…
Canada can learn from Swiss and Dutch drug coverage
Both countries partner with the private sector and expect patients to share the cost of treatment…
Beyond carding: how police surveillance has dangerously evolved
The end of carding won’t cease the gathering of information. Instead, it will be entered into police data bases without the public’s knowledge…
Alberta’s repeal of carbon tax makes economic, environmental sense
Over the course of a single year, the carbon tax cost each Albertan $286, couples $388 and couples with two children $508…
Subsidies undermine the media and provinces
Regional reporting may come to suffer blindness similar to that in some Central Canadian media, to the disadvantage of provinces…
Quebec’s universal prescription drug program offers valuable lessons
Public coverage in Quebec is not only more generous, but drug approval is more timely than anywhere else in the country…
There’s no free lunch when it comes to government spending
Modern monetary theory advocates argue the government should have a magic wand to conjure up money out of thin air.…
Federal government’s appetite for spending is a serious problem
To pay for this rapid rise in public debt, future generations will face higher taxes…